Thank you @antonioguterres for being on the right side of history yet again ✊🏾
We "must be creating green jobs and sustainable and inclusive growth... not be bailing out outdated, polluting, carbon-intensive industries.”
#BailoutThePlanet#BailOutHumans
https://t.co/Rn3cM7DZnV
"The world is still on track to release 95 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted in a typical year, continuing to heat up the planet and driving climate change even as we’re stuck at home."
We need #SystemChange and we need it now ⏳
https://t.co/elBhWBXeSC
“You wonder if people will want to go back to what it was like before...The pandemic has shown people will change their behavior if it’s for the health of their families."
We can't return to 'normal' as that 'normal' was part of the problem. #SystemChange
https://t.co/pOSueVjHXP
Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans have reached record high temperatures and this could set off a year of extreme weather.
#ClimateBreakdown
https://t.co/vNJJgHhiAL
HS2 will shave a few minutes off the journey from Birmingham to London at a cost of £100bn. Meanwhile our frontline NHS staff do not have the equipment they need at a time of national crisis and as people are dying. HS2 work must stop. #NHSnotHS2
“That’s not going to delay the epidemic it’s going to escalate it,” says Professor of Global Health Anthony Costello in response to the UK’s policy to ‘stop population testing’.
https://t.co/5Ao1Qw5QJ6
Got any Valentine's Day plans? Why not join us on the streets to demand #ClimateJustice and a #GreenNewDeal?
We now have 68 locations registered!
#ClimateStrike 🌍💗
https://t.co/rgC21YyUB7
Meanwhile in Indonesia - the heaviest rain for two decades has displaced tens of thousands of people, 26 people are known to have died and more rain is expected over the weekend. Capital Jakarta is being moved to another island.
#Make2020Matter#ClimateEmergency#RebelForLife
Heartbreaking. 💔
Half a billion animals perish in the Australian bushfires.
Ecologists from the University of Sydney estimate 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have been lost since September. Entire species may have been lost.
#Make2020Matter
https://t.co/QCUPElGZHS
The ecological and #climatecrisis is the most important issue of our time.
We call on all politicians to show their commitment to tackling the issue by engaging in debates and by signing our #threedemandsbill
https://t.co/gqiYOjFOd4
#electionrebellion#TellTheTruth
There are almost a dozen rebels hunger striking outside he main UK political parties.
This is what it takes to get politicians to focus on our greatest threat.
Separately, a citizens' assembly has been announced to determine the national food strategy.
https://t.co/tXWWeTVFy2
Day 16. In the middle of the ocean I’m struck by the news that the EU Parliament has declared a climate emergency.
We can’t solve a crisis without treating it as one. Let’s hope they now take drastic sufficient action.
Join the #climatestrike to put pressure on them!